Improved dining-table



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MINOR P. BOYD, or UNINVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

Letters' Patent No. 106,460, dated August I6, '1870.

IMPROVED DINING-TABLE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

lo all who-m it may concern v Be it known that I, MINlon-P. Born, ofUnion? i ville, in the county of-Union and in the State of SouthCarolina, have invented certain p new and useful Im-A provements' inDining-Tables; and do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accom?panying drawing and to tlieletters of reference marked thereon, making apart of this specification.A i

'.lhe nature of my invention consists iu the construction andarrangement of a dining-table, with a'track and movable revolvingdishstand,fasV will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art t-o which "my inventionappertains to make and use the same,

I will now proceed ,to describe its construction andV operation,referring tov the annexed drawing, in which- I f Figure 1 isa sideelevation of the table, with the dish-stand, complete;

Figure 2 isa bottom view of a box` with balls inserted in the under sideof the'dishfstand; 4

Figure 3 is a plan view of the table; and

stand.

A represents an` extension table, made in any of the know-n and usualways, on top of which the tablecloth is supposed to be spread. 1

On top ot' the cloth are then laid three rails,`B B, as shownin iig. 3These rails are all made in sections, corresponding in length with thewidth of the leaves ofthe table, and the sections for the end pieces ofthe table are of such length as to leave sufficient room atihe ends forthe persons seated at the same.

The sections of the. rails for each end piece and for each leaf aresecured to a bar, O, running diagonally, and which bar is secured to thetable hy means of a screwat each end, said screws passing througheyeletholes worked in the table-cloth for that purpose.

On the rails B B is placed the carriage D, provided, on its under side,with four small wheels or rollers, a a, two of which lun on the centerrail, and one on each of the side rails.

From the center of thel carriage D a'tube, b, prov jects upward for asuitable distance, and said tube passes through the center of a disk, F.

In theunder side of the disk E is inserted a circular box, (l,around'the center hole through which the tube b passes, and in vsaid boxis a circular groove,

Figure 4 is a bottoni view of the carriage and'dish-v corresponding witha similar groove in the top of the carriage D. g

In these grooves is placed a number of small balls, t' i, uponwhich thedisk E thus rests, and can easily be revolved. l

Ou `the tube b above the disk E is placed aiianged i collar, c, whichholds the disk down in its place, but does not prevent it from revolvingaround its center'.

The dishes containing the'various-art-icles of food are placed on thedisk E, and can readily be moved on the carriage from one end of thetable to Vthe other, and the disk revolved so as to bring the desireddish near the person wanting the same.

If there should not be room enough on the disk E for all t-he dishes, ashaft, f, is placedin the upper end lof the tube b, and ou said shaft,at a suitable height above thedisk E, is secured a flanged collar, h.,with a grooved box, d, on ltop.

.This box is similar to the one of same letter above described, andprovidedwith balls t' t'.

On top of this isv placed another, smaller disk, G, with A-a circulargroove in its under side fol the balls t' t' to work in,4 theshaftfpassing up through the center of` said disk. i

On the upper end of the shaftf is placed another flanged collar, e, tohold the disk G down in its place,

but, at the same time, allow it to revolve around the shaft independentof the first disk E. l

In the same manner any number of disks may be.

arranged one above the other, and each revolvingindependently of theothers.

Having thus fully described my invention, \Vhat I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a table, the p detachable groovedv track B andthe carriage D,'provided with rollers or wheels a a, substantially asand for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of. the sectional track B car riage D, aud'a seriesofindepelnleutly-revolving disks, E G, all constructed and arrangedsubstantially as shown and desoribedand for the purposes her/ set Intestimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my'hand this2d day of August., 1870.

' MINOR I. BOYD. `/Vitn esses:

A. N. MARR,

JOHN M. Srooes.

